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On shaky ground
The Wanless report said far more about the future of the NHS than merely its funding. Paul Stephenson asks whether its predictions are founded on crumbling assumptions
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Long-haul plight
news focus: Unacceptable waiting times, too few beds and a looming general election - the Irish Republic's solution is a 10-year plan for its health service. Joe Armstrong reports
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In place of strife
news focus: Sectarian violence in Northern Ireland has left health services with further strain on increasingly tight budgets. Jonathan Traynor reports on the legacy of confrontation
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The status We are in
open space: Subordinates often bottle out of telling their superiors what they really think. Some are intimidated, others hope to wield more influence this way. But truth, say Dennis Tourish and Paul Robson, can be the first casualty
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What if. . .. . . what then?
Comment : Will yet more money make a difference - and make it in time?
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Brown's £1bn 'will not yield quick returns'
The NHS budget is set to rise significantly over the next few years after the Treasury review of longterm trends in healthcare, chaired by former National Westminster Bank group chief executive Derek Wanless, showed that major increases in funding were needed to keep pace with an ageing population and advances ...
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Private contractors urge managers to join them to learn more about PFI
Public service managers involved in private finance initiative schemes should be seconded to the private sector to learn more about the workings of commercial organisations, according to a National Audit Office survey.
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NICE goes ahead with advisory 'citizens council'
A new 'citizens council' is being set up to offer advice to the National Institute for Clinical Excellence.
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NHS agency reveals plans to provide locum doctors
The NHS in-house employment agency is to expand its services to cover locum doctors in a bid to cut the £100m bill for recruiting doctors through private agencies.Doctors using NHS Professionals will be entitled to NHS pensions, annual leave and training opportunities.A £12m initiative to encourage flexible careers for medical ...
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Audit Commission and NICE invest to boost profile
The Audit Commission and the National Institute for Clinical Excellence are investing significant resources in communications in an attempt to boost their profiles.
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PFI cleared of blame for bed shortages
Delayed discharges and not the private finance initiative lie behind bed shortages at Cumbria's flagship hospital, the Cumberland Infirmary, according to a report.
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De Brun reveals huge spending disparities between Northern Ireland's community trusts
Expenditure per head of population varies by more than £200 between Northern Ireland's community trusts, health minister Bairbre de Brun revealed last week.
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Hospital choice widens in bid to cut waiting time
The government is expected to announce by Christmas that patients who have been waiting the longest for operations will be able to get treatment outside their own area, in a further effort to ensure the 15-month waitingtime target is met by next March.